PEZIZA, 51 
This species was for many years included as British 
on the authority of Dickson, but a specimen now exists 
in the herbarium of the Rev. M. J. Berkeley, figured by 
Dr. Cooke in “ Mycogr.” 
Name—Rapulum, a little turnip; from the shape, 
especially of the stem. 
SuscEnus III.—OrTrpga. Pers. 
Cup subsessile, externally pruinose, dimidiately elon- 
gated, or obliquely contorted, becoming incised on the 
one side. (Plate III. fig. 13.) 
Name—wriov, a little ear; shaped like an ear. 
ARRANGEMENT OF THE SPECIES. 
A. Sporidia elliptic, asperate .. sis -. species 11 
B. Sporidia elliptic, smooth .. ‘s Se » 12-16 
Key To THs Spscins, 
Cups veined beneath .. .. ee ate +» phlebophora. 
Cups even beneath ae an ss oe ol 
Paraphyses bent at the apices . es ae «. leporina. 
. ¢Paraphyses erect and branched 2 ae +. apophysata. 
Paraphyses erect and unbranched a aco 
on rough .. ae Ae oe 3 -. pleurota. 
Sporidia smooth . om es oe on - 8B 
Cups rosy orange. a as ne ..  onotica, 
* \Cups reddish flesh-colour sé as fe -. auricularia. 
A. SPORIDIA ELLIPTIC, ASPERATE. 
11. Peziza plewrota. Phil. 
Cup sessile, expanded, nearly cochleate, umber-brown 
paler externally, elongated on one side; asci cylindrical ; 
sporidia 8, elliptic, asperate, 15 x 8y; paraphyses linear 
septate, apices clavate, brown. (Plate III, fig. 13.) 
Peziza plewrota—Phil. in Cooke's “ Mycogr. 2” fig. 351. 
On cow-dung. Autumn. 
Cup 14 inch wide, elongated on one side, divided 
nearly to the base on the shorter side ; sporidia rough, 
with a central nucleus. _ 
Name—rAzvpdy, a side, ove, an ear. 
Near Shrewsbury ! 
